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Functions of Custom Law in … H. Andalib / (97

                      color  and  smell,  and        of  the  religious  rules  will
                      otherwise do nothing in        increase  in  his  view,  and  in
                      human existence.               practice  he  will  follow  the
                                                     divine  rules  and  regulations
                  Therefore,  after  faith,  for     and  the  spiritual  program  of
               example, praying, fasting, paying     Islam  more  than  It  goes  away
               khums, going to Hajj, enjoining       and  thus  his  Islamic  spirituality
               what  is  good  and  forbidding       is also strengthened and promoted.
               what  is  evil  are  undoubtedly
               considered spiritual matters. The
               important  point  is  that  one
               cannot choose and replace what

               I think is good.
                  For example, say: Instead of
               the morning prayer, say a little
               in a special way, or meditate a
               little,  or  find  spirituality  only
               in  exploring  nature,  and  the

               pleasures  that  are  obtained  in
               this way, although this is also
               It can be an acceptable means
               of attaining spirituality.
                  As     a    result,   if   the
               contemporary  Muslim  realizes
               that  the  inference  of  the

               religious rules is done according
               to his customary understanding,
               facts and needs, the acceptance
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